PRESS RELEASE
European Union funds Roundtable on the Right to Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Torture
On 28 and 29 May 2015, a roundtable on the right to remedy and reparation of victims of torture will take
place in Bishkek, jointly hosted by the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights (BIM), the Tian
Shan Policy Center (TSPC) of the American University of Central Asia, Bir Duino Human Rights
Movement, and the Southern Regional Centre for Social and Health Rights. The second day of the
roundtable will be organized also in cooperation with the Jogorku Kenesh Committee on Human Rights,
Constitutional Legislation, and State Structure.
On the first day of the round table (28 May), participants will receive a training on security in information
and communication technology and will discuss strategies to improve organisational and personal
security management.
On 29 May, the second day of the roundtable will be presided over by the Jogorku Kenesh Committee on
Human Rights, Constitutional Legislation, and State Structure. It will be convened to provide a platform
for civil society organisations defending victims of torture and their families to discuss current challenges
and strategies to improve the access to justice of torture victims. The right to remedy and reparation will
be analysed within the framework of national and international provisions, and in view of the
recommendations and observations to the Kyrgyz Republic by UN treaty bodies and UPR. The roundtable
will furthermore discuss the implementation status of decisions of the UN Human Rights Committee on
individual complaints submitted by or on behalf of victims of torture from the Kyrgyz Republic.
The roundtable is organised within the project of “Strengthening the fight against torture and impunity in
Kyrgyzstan: Prevention, Accountability, Remedy and Reparation”, which is funded by the European
Union. The project aims at supporting legal and institutional reforms based on internationally recognised
best practices and at supporting the Kyrgyz National Preventive Mechanism (the National Centre for the
Prevention of Torture) in its capacity building. BIM and TSPC are implementing partners of the project.
For more information, please contact Andrea Schuechner, andrea.schuechner@univie.ac.at or Daniele
Rumolo, rumolo_d@auca.kg. Please visit the website of the Boltzmann Institute at: http://bim.lbg.ac.at/en
and the website of TSPC at: https://www.auca.kg/en/tspc/.
A project implemented by:
In partnership with
This project is funded by the
European Union
Delegation of the European Union to the Kyrgyz
Republic
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